Solomon maas



No. 626,867. I Patented lune l3,- I899.

S. MA'AS.

' TUOL' HANDLE.

(Application filed July 15, 1898 (No Model.)

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SOLOMON MAAS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOOL-HANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 626,867, dated June 13,1899.

Application filed July 15, 1898, Serial No. 685,977. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON MAAs, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York city, county and State of New. York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Handles,of which thefollowing is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enableany one skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification.

My invention relates to handles for tools and is especially applicableto a handle for a trowel or the like, in the use of which the butt ofthe handle is often employed for tapping or pounding or is itselfhammered upon.

The principal objects of the invention are to furnish a handle thataffords a good grip for the hand of the user and which'at the same timeis practically as durableas the ordinary wooden handle and with whichthe usual tapping or hammering can be readily done-without the liabilityof injuring or destroying the handle.

To these ends my invention consists in the various novel and peculiararrangements and combinations of the different parts of the device, allas herein fully set forth and then pointed out in the claims. I

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated a type of my invention,wherein Figure l is a side view of my improved handle, and Fig. 2 is asectional view taken on a plane extending longitudinally through thecenter of the handle.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numbers ofreference indicate like parts throughout, 2 is a cylinder made of cork,corkaline, or other suitable and wellknown materials which are generallyused for the purpose of affording a good gripping-surface for the hand.This cylindrical section 2 has a hollow center 3, and a is a plug orcoretool is inserted. The outer end of the corepiece 5 is formed with asocket 8 for the tool. The inner ends of the stems of the two plugs abutfirmly against each other at the point 6, so that any pressure or blowreceived endwise of the plug will be taken up by the same and thecylindrical section thereby relieved of all such pressure. The plugs 4and 5 are made of a material that is harder and more durable than theexterior cylindrical section 2, which constitutes the grip proper of thehandle. I preferto make the plugs of wood and the grip of cork or somepreparation thereof, and the three parts constituting the handle areglued or securely fastened together in order to form practically onepiece. I preferably use cork or some composition containing cork,because this material readily absorbs the perspiration from the hand andat the same time gives a smooth gripping-surface, and in these respectsit is preferable to the ordinary wooden handle. Of course any of thewell-known fragile and comparatively soft materials used for grips maybe employed in making the hollow cylindrical section 2, and it will befound that the harder material constituting the core of the handleaffords a complete protection to the more delicate gripping material andprevents it being knocked to pieces by the ordinary use of the tool.

From the above description it will be readily seen that with this formof handle the more delicate material forming the gripping section 2 isat all times protected from any pressure or blows delivered at the buttof the handle, so that this device may be readily used for a tool inwhich the butt-end of the handle is hammered upon or in which such partis used as a hammer to tap or pound with, as in the case of a masonstrowel.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Pat hard material, such as wood, inserted centrally in therespective ends of said tubular body, the inner ends of-the stems ofsaid plugs abutting against each other to receive the end- 5 Wisestrain, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A tool-handle comprising an exterior tubular body 2 of cork or acomposition of cork, and the headed plugs or core-pieces 4 and 5 10 madeof comparatively hard material, such as wood, and having their stemsinserted in the respective ends of said tubular body for protecting thesame, the inner ends of the stems of said plugs abutting against eachother, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, this 14th day of July,1898, in presence of the two subscribing witnesses.

SOLOMON MAAS.

\Vitnesses:

A. M. HAYES, VVILLIS FOWLER.

